Archive for December, 2009

I love silverbeet, or is it swiss chard? Here in New Zealand we call it silverbeet.

I have so much of it in my garden and it just keeps popping up. Instead of weeding it, I transplant it – I consider them free plants. I do the same when I notice lettuce plants or other plants popping up.

The problem with silverbeet is that most people don’t know what to do with it, and they may have memories of having it plain and boiled as children. Understandable then that they don’t find the thought of it appetising.

Besides making a cheese and silverbeet sauce to have with pasta, another thing I often do is grate it in the food processor, mix it with eggs, grated potatoes, some wholegrain oats, salt and pepper and a bit of flour to bind it together and frying them as patties or fritters (the difference is the amount of flour added). Absolutely delicious. In fact my daughter made these today for lunch. She commented that it was so lucky that we have some silverbeet that has grown in the gap between the paving and the wall, because it is so convenient for harvesting.